Center for the Arts Evergreen starts addition to gallery

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a historic day at Center for the Arts Evergreen when o cials broke ground on an addition that has been years in the making. Friends, donors and gallery sta gathered on May 10 to grab shovels full of soil and to celebrate this mile- stone that will put a 5,000-squarefoot addition onto the back of the building.

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Brandon Stup, a Boy Scout from Troop 1776, increased storage space in the Evergreen Animal Protective League storage unit as his service project to ful ll the requirements to become an Eagle Scout. Brandon met with EAPL to discuss its needs and then met with his troop leaders to help him design the shelving. Plans were drawn up and approved by EAPL and the Scouting District. Brandon did the fundraising, purchased the supplies and organized his troop. In three work days, they cut the wood, constructed the shelving units and installed them. EAPL is grateful to be the recipient of this Eagle project.

First-grade artists at Bergen Meadow Elementary School celebrated completing their commissioned artwork at a party in their honor at El Rancho Colorado. e student artists collaborated to create 12 canvases of abstract artwork that will hang in the Buchalter law rm’s main o ce area and conference room.

Robert Hinckley, who manages the Denver o ce for Buchalter, and is the dad of a rst grader, hoped students would experience what profes- of the rst graders, school o cials, and representatives from the law rm — attended to laud the student artists’ success. e Top Workplaces award is based on feedback from employees who complete a survey that measures a company’s values, appreciation, employee development and growth, innovation, clued-in leadership, pay, bene ts, training, expectations, and work-life exibility. It is administered by the national employer-recognition organization Energage.

TallGrass Spa and Salon in Evergreen has been recognized as a winner of the national 2023 Top Workplaces award, locally sponsored by e Denver Post.

TallGrass is a seven-time winner in a program designed to highlight exceptional people-centric workplace cultures at organizations across the country. TallGrass is the only spa to be recognized in the Colorado region.

With programs like exible scheduling, opportunities for continuing education and community outreach activities, TallGrass emphasizes enhancement of team members’ work-life balance. Creative strategy sessions put employees front and center.

Educational Achievements

Kyler Yarnell, of Morrison, received the Joseph L. & Marjorie E. Petz Scholarship and Robert and Nancy Kroese Endowed Scholarship for the 2022-23 academic year from Central College in Pella, Iowa, for a high commitment to academic achievement. Yarnell is a member of the class of 2025.

Lily Mott, of Evergreen, was initiated into the Washington and Lee University Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. Students initiated into the society must be sopho- mores, juniors, seniors or graduate/ professional students in the top 35% ship experience and embrace the ODK ideals. e following area students have been named to the scholastic honor roll for winter 2023 at Oregon State University. Students must have a 3.5 or better GPA to make the scholastic honor roll. ey are: Gabrielle Fuentes, a freshman majoring in business administration from Pine; Jenna M. Stricker, a freshman majoring in general engineering from Conifer; Cyrus Bickell, a sophomore majoring in electrical and computer engineering from Evergreen; Kari L. Hoy, a sophomore majoring in political science from Evergreen; Sydney Van Der Zee, a sophomore majoring in microbiology from Evergreen; Avery J. Myers, a freshman majoring in environmental sciences from Morrison; Abby J. Simmons, a freshman majoring in oceanography from Morrison; and Chloe H. Petitpas, a junior majoring in business administration from Pine. e Grove City College debate team of which Ginger Schi mayer of Evergreen is a member captured a national championship at the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament at West Chester University.

Laela Evans, of Evergreen was recognized with the Biology Service Award at Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi.

Dre Da Silva, of Evergreen, has been named to the fall 2022 chancellor’s list at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Students earning a 3.9 or higher GPA are placed on the chancellor’s list.

Taylor Jacobson, of Evergreen, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Jacobson is a freshman majoring in architectural studies.

Schi mayer won the National Parliamentary Debate Association debate.

“ is is an addition that is for the community and by the community,” said Lisa Nierenberg, CAE’s executive director. “We have raised the dollars from members of the community, and it is being built for the community.” e two-story addition, which is expected to be completed in December, will have a state-of-the-art ceramics studio, private artists’ studios, a common artists area, classroom space, community space for up to 200 people, sta o ces and a studio for an artist-in-residence. e price tag is $2.5 million, higher than originally anticipated, and CAE continues to raise funds to pay for the addition. To see more about the plans and to donate to the e ort, visit buildourvision.org.

She noted that art was part of everyone’s lives, and CAE o ers something for everyone, whether a CAE enthusiast or someone who attends an occasional event.

“And we want everyone to enjoy it,” she said of the gallery, events and classes CAE o ers.

CAE has been in the former Bergen Park Church at 31880 Rocky Village Drive since 2017, and it houses a gallery, classroom space and sta o ces. An addition has always been part of the plan.